Tagline : Pride of the Orange
Cast :
Nakamaru Yuichi as Kitajima Daichi
Masuda Takahisa as Tetsuka Yutaka
Yamamoto Yusuke as Fudo Masashi
Shoei as Kano Shinsuke
Kaname Jun as Katsuragi Kosuke
Ichikawa Yui as Maezono Aoi
Genre : Firefighters, Saving Lives, Heroes, Manly Men (in Uniform), JDrama
Episodes : 9
Summary : This is a tale about heroes and the legacies they leave. The sacrifices and the choices they make.
Kitajima Daichi, as a young boy, is saved by Miyazaki, a member of the SR squad. Miyazaki loses his own life in the mission, and Kitajima grows up with one and only aim; to use his life, which was saved, to save as many lives as possible.
Even as a firefighter, he is unable to ignore the call for help, with a blatant disregard for his own life, which makes his superiors reluctant to nominate him for the SR recruitment session. However, he is able to get in, with the help of his best friend Tezuka pleading on his behalf as well. That, though, is just the beginning.
The real battle, though, is not even the harsh training they will have to face in order to make it into the actual squad. It’s the missions they will have to take when, if, they become SRs, each and every day. The situations they will have to face, the circumstances they will have to accept, and the things they will have to learn.
Review : I actually liked this quite a lot. Even leaving those superficial flaily-fangirl reasons (NakaMassu! Bath scenes! Yamamoto Yusuke! NakaMassu! Men in uniform! NakaMassu!) aside, this is quite an awesome drama. Based on the work that members of the SR actually do, this is a tribute to those heroes in uniform. It’s hard work, with considerable risk to their own lives, which they put at stake in order to rescue those who need it. They work needs to be acknowledged and appreciated, and I think this does a good job of bringing those feelings across.
While we will probably never be fully able to comprehend what goes on during those rescue missions, this drama helps us to understand, somewhat, the difficulty of the decisions they have to make, and how there is never a ‘correct’ answer. It all depends on judgment and even then, there is always the probability of ‘what if’. Psychologically too, it’s demanding work, and they do the best job they can, to the best of their abilities. It’s respectable to an awe-inspiring degree.
*cough* Pretties! They cast the most adorable, baby-faced, members of two of my favorite Johnny’s groups together. What more can I ask for? And it’s NakaMassu, the most adorable thing everwhichwhen, especially as they are friends in real life, and best-friends in the drama. Major props to whoever did the casting, because, well, I first thought that they would make the most unlikely rangers ever, but that’s exactly it! The rangers who put their lives on the line in real life too, are just young men, very much human. The point is brought across excellently.
ANYWAY! Did I mention that NakaMassu’s characters call each other by their given names? They do. I squeed each and every time, just because. They have bath scenes~ And a habit of suddenly stripping and engaging in chin-ups competitions shirtless. Incidentally, why is Yamamoto Yuusuke so awesome? Also, adorable. Oh oh, and Kazuya (the host from RnK, not the turtle) is in this too! Except he is called Taguchi ... XDDDDDDD
It’s touching! There is NakaMassu! A hot-blooded drama about men who are men enough to cry! Worth watching.
Music : RESCUE by KAT-TUN [My favorite KAT-TUN PV to date. *_*]
Rating : 7/10
Quotes :
Note : Kame-chan was right. First of all, it’s impossible to imagine Maru with a girl. Guess it became more so when the girl was that annoying person from Kurosagi. *headdesks*
NakaMassu~ <3 You were exactly what my shippery-adoring heart needed, and the answer to my inter-group relations craving.
I'm still not giving up on my RyoDa drama, though. @_@
